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SAS offers an integrated, robust and flexible presentation layer for the full breadth of SAS Analytics capabilities * * * Seller [SAS Institute Inc.](https://www.g2.com/sellers/sas-institute-inc-df6dde22-a5e5-4913-8b21-4fa0c6c5c7c2) Discussions [SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence Community](https://www.g2.com/products/sas-augmented-analytics-business-intelligence/discuss) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Robby Powell (Principal Product Marketing Manager at SAS) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 5 months ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/sas-augmented-analytics-business-intelligence/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Looker](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Looker") Looker 4.4/5(1,656) ](https://www.g2.com/products/looker/reviews) [ ![Domo](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Domo") Domo 4.3/5(1,080) ](https://www.g2.com/products/domo/reviews) [ ![Sisense](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sisense") Sisense 4.2/5(1,063) ](https://www.g2.com/products/sisense/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/sas-augmented-analytics-business-intelligence/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 70 real user reviews. Implementation Time 5 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Retail](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Retail") UR Verified User in Retail Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/24/2017 "easy to use" 5/5 What do you like best about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? I can look at my whole business and it has everything I need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? That I can't use it for purchase orders with our other system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence: It's useful for looking at the totality of your business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence solving and how is that benefiting you? forecasting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Internet](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Internet") UI Verified User in Internet Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/23/2017 "SAAS BI takes your company to the next level" 5/5 What do you like best about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? Analyze Data is one of my favorite things to do and this system helps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? I dislike not having the option of telling stories through data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence: Make sure you implement it to your systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence solving and how is that benefiting you? I've been able to tell stories and close deals Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Higher Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Higher Education") UH Verified User in Higher Education Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/24/2016 "Decent Tool for BI" 4.5/5 What do you like best about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? SAS Business Intelligence deploy real-time analytics directly to mobile devices and Microsoft applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? User interface is not very attractive, it seems a bit oldish. Also price is high relatively. Also less support online as compared to other "famous" BI tools like Tableau. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence: Spend some time and you'll be used to the UI and it will seem much easier and user friendly than initial impression Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence solving and how is that benefiting you? I am dealing with a large project data to improve productivity in a manufacturing firm. Best way is to find real time where are things lagging using this tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite JD Jean-François D. Statisticien Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/22/2016 "Very useful and simple" 4.5/5 What do you like best about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? I like the fact that it is well integrated with other SAS software and results can be made accessible to someone with almost no statistical background. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? It can be pricey if you want the complete suite to prepare your data and share with numerous users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence: You have to know what your are going to use this product for. It meshes well with the other SAS tools. It can be cloud based if you do not wish to buy physical servers or have no control on your IT services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence solving and how is that benefiting you? I am analyzing datasets with a few million records from web servers and I can prepare more custom and faster reports that the project manager can "play" with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Retail](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Retail") UR Verified User in Retail Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/1/2016 "Very good software to use for Big Data." 4/5 What do you like best about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? The UI of the program is very easy to learn. Once you learn the basics, you can get right into the software. If you have previous data or statistics background, the learning curve is even shorter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? The installation process is a bit long and requires technical information from IT such as server information and ports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence: I would recommend SAS BI to others because it is very efficient when you work with a lot of data. It allows you to query efficiently multiple databases and join them together for all you analytic needs. In addition, it is super fast and trump other softwares such as SMART. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence solving and how is that benefiting you? Have to perform analytic on large volume of customer data in house. With SAS, data queries and manipulation is much more efficient than MS Access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Elizabeth D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Elizabeth D.") ED Elizabeth D. Senior Associate, Analytics Consulting Epocrates Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/19/2016 "New User to SAS" 3.5/5 What do you like best about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? We primarily use SAS Base as our analtyical tool and I found with some basic SQL knowledge that the tool was very easy to learn. The documentation online is extremely useful. The tool is extremely powerful and you are often able to execute complex business questions. with just a few lines of code. The ability to build out macros is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? I find the UI to be outdated and clunky compared with more modern tools. It could be easily improved by allowing the windows to snap or re-arrange automatically. On occasion the log will also cease to update and it is necessary to restart. Additionally the tool is not cheap so migrating to a newer version is often not economically feasible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence: Make sure you have some SQL background. It makes the tool much easier to pick up and much more powerful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence solving and how is that benefiting you? We use SAS for data management and analysis for sales, product, and marketing teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 1/21/2016 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Consumer Goods](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Consumer Goods") UC Verified User in Consumer Goods Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/21/2016 "I used SAS while a data analyst for a greeting card company" 2.5/5 What do you like best about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? I like how it automates my Whole Foods data dumps that are too large to run in excel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? The complexity of the code makes it very unusable and has made me shy away from even using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence solving and how is that benefiting you? Using it to combine large amounts of sales and store data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Farhana Murad S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Farhana Murad S.") FS Farhana Murad S. Research Officer Insurance Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/20/2016 "Use" 4.5/5 What do you like best about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? Ability to explore data and discover new pattern Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? There is not much that I dislike about this program Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence solving and how is that benefiting you? Segmentation problems. It's more easier in SAS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Hospital & Health Care](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Hospital & Health Care") UH Verified User in Hospital & Health Care Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/11/2016 "Review of SAS" 4.5/5 What do you like best about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? Ease to use. It is easy to use if you have codes. Can just modify them and use. quick analysis Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? It took me time to learn it. Once you get hang of it, its simple. But need some training before use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence solving and how is that benefiting you? Research Analytics. I like that there are options to modify codes and try different analysis running the modified script. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Banking](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Banking") UB Verified User in Banking Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/1/2015 "Steep Learning Curve" 2.5/5 What do you like best about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? SAS is a very well though out peace of software and with an incredible variety of tools for Analytic, it is undeniably one of the best tool on the market. If you are a mathematician or a statisticians, learning SAS programming is a must to make you marketable in the Data Science realm. One of the most powerful tool I have used by far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? The learning curve is very very steep, in college an entire class was just about SAS programming. Though the syntax is close to most programming language it is not super intuitive, the sheer number of macros and functions is very overwhelming. The other thing is the price, extremely over-priced, making almost inaccessible to certain business or very hard to justify the cost when statistical software like R are completely free Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence: Very pricey software for Data Analytics. Use R it is free and much easier to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence solving and how is that benefiting you? I mostly use this in college for class projects or thesis work. Again a very powerful software for optimization, statistical analysis, data mining and even to create UI for the people using your models and other SAS creations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ## Questions about SAS Augmented Analytics & Business Intelligence? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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